Photoroom: AI credits cut up to 73% + AI Backgrounds split into 4 tiers
What happened
Between the Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026 captures of Photoroom's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: AI credits allowance cut across all paid plans at unchanged headline price — Pro 8,000→4,250/mo (-47%), Max 25,000→12,000/mo (-52%), Ultra 75,000→20,000/mo (-73%); exports unchanged. AI Backgrounds unbundled from 2 sub-tiers into 4 — Basic→Studio (Basic), Advanced→Studio + Image Guidance, plus new Studio + Relight and Studio HD sub-tiers. In detail: AI credits allowance cut across all paid plans at unchanged headline price: Pro 8,000→4,250/mo (-47%), Max 25,000→12,000/mo (-52%), Ultra 75,000→20,000/mo (-73%). Export allowances unchanged; AI Backgrounds feature unbundled from 2 sub-tiers into 4: 'AI Backgrounds (Basic)' renamed 'AI Backgrounds Studio (Basic)', 'AI Backgrounds (Advanced)' renamed 'AI Backgrounds Studio + Image Guidance', plus two new sub-tiers added: 'AI Backgrounds Studio + Relight' and 'AI Backgrounds Studio HD'. Pulse files it as a packaging change (limit decrease, feature change) with a downward direction. Pulse's latest capture (Oct 19, 2026) lists Pro at $7.5, Max at $20.99 and Ultra at $82.5.
It lands 6 days after Photoroom's previous change, "Photoroom: AI Fashion Models 2K generation limit removed from Pro" (Aug 5, 2026). Before that Pulse recorded "Photoroom redesigns its plans: AI-credit allowances replace batch exports" (Jul 13, 2026). Photoroom has been tracked since 2026-06-26.
In the same window fal, Voxel51, Upstage, Together AI and Strawberry also changed their AI & Machine Learning pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- — · Limit−47%8,0004,250/mo
- — · FeatureFeature change
AI Backgrounds feature unbundled from 2 sub-tiers into 4: 'AI Backgrounds (Basic)' renamed 'AI Backgrounds Studio (Basic)', 'AI Backgrounds (Advanced)' renamed 'AI Backgrounds Studio + Image Guidance', plus two new sub-tiers added: 'AI Backgrounds Studio + Relight' and 'AI Backgrounds Studio HD'.
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Limit | 8,000 | 4,250/mo | −47% |
| — | Feature | AI Backgrounds feature unbundled from 2 sub-tiers into 4: 'AI Backgrounds (Basic)' renamed 'AI Backgrounds Studio (Basic)', 'AI Backgrounds (Advanced)' renamed 'AI Backgrounds Studio + Image Guidance', plus two new sub-tiers added: 'AI Backgrounds Studio + Relight' and 'AI Backgrounds Studio HD'. | Feature change | |
Values as written on Photoroom's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Photoroom's pricing page (www.photoroom.com) from Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where limit reads 8,000 and then 4,250/mo.
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Photoroom, the last 90 days
Full history- Oct 19, 2026packagingPhotoroom moves Enterprise to usage-based annual balance pricing and rewrites plan taglines
- Aug 17, 2026improvedPhotoroom triples AI credit pool across Pro, Max, Ultra plans—no price hike
- Aug 11, 2026packagingPhotoroom: AI credits cut up to 73% + AI Backgrounds split into 4 tiers · this change
- Aug 5, 2026packagingPhotoroom: AI Fashion Models 2K generation limit removed from Pro
- Jul 13, 2026improvedPhotoroom redesigns its plans: AI-credit allowances replace batch exports
Across AI & Machine Learning in the same window
All AI & Machine Learning changes- falOct 19fal doubles Flux 3 Image edit price to $0.048 per megapixel
- Voxel51Oct 19Voxel51 slashes Custom-tier compute hours 71% as it adds free plan
- UpstageOct 19Upstage API deepens Solar Pro 4 promo to 70% off through Oct 19
- Together AIOct 19Together AI lists Muse Spark Open, Reflection Beam, Nemotron 3.5 Super VL
- StrawberryOct 19Strawberry splits pricing into tabs, adds pooled-credit Enterprise plan
Questions about this change
Did Photoroom raise prices in August 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: limit decrease, feature change.
What changed on Photoroom's pricing page between Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026?
Limit: 8,000 → 4,250/mo (−47%); AI Backgrounds feature unbundled from 2 sub-tiers into 4: 'AI Backgrounds (Basic)' renamed 'AI Backgrounds Studio (Basic)', 'AI Backgrounds (Advanced)' renamed 'AI Backgrounds Studio + Image Guidance', plus two new sub-tiers added: 'AI Backgrounds Studio + Relight' and 'AI Backgrounds Studio HD'. Pulse compared the captures it took on Aug 3, 2026 and Aug 10, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Photoroom change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 2 other pricing-page changes for Photoroom in the 90 days before this one; the previous change was "Photoroom: AI Fashion Models 2K generation limit removed from Pro" on Aug 5, 2026; Photoroom has been tracked since 2026-06-26.